Pauline Burns Adler, 91, of Honolulu, who died Friday, will be remembered in services at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday at Star of the Sea Church. Additional information was provided by the mortuary for an obituary published yesterday.Gladys Katherine Akima-Padeken, 83, of Kahaluu, a retired Hawaii State Hospital nurse, died Tuesday. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by brothers Wallace, Bernie and John Lam-Ho; sisters Honey Kailio, Ruth Santos, Inga Halas and Lei Lagapa; five grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild. Services: 10 a.m. Saturday at Hawaiian Memorial Park Mortuary. Call after 8 a.m. Burial to follow. Casual attire.
Manuel Mendoza Baysa, 70, of Ewa Beach, died Dec. 22 in St. Francis West Medical Center. He was born in Bacarra, Illocos Norte, Philippines. He is survived by wife Evarista; children Rogelio, Alexander, Charles, Rosario, Samuel, Estela Whelan, Marilyn Bareng and Jean Daguio; father Zacarias; sisters Dionicia Ramones, Juliana Galapon, Esperanza Salinas and Felicidad Tumacder; and nine grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Friday at Nuuanu Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Mass: 10 a.m. Saturday at Our Lady of Perpetual Church, Ewa Beach. Call after 9 a.m. Burial to follow at Valley of the Temples Memorial Park.
Pablo C. Cabanit, 84, of Wahiawa, died Jan. 2. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by wife Maximina; sons Juanito, Amor and Romeo; daughter Carmen Hernandez; brother Alejandro; sisters Vicenta Cabanit and Lorenza Cereno; 14 grandchildren; and 15 great-grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Thursday at Our Lady of Sorrows Church. Call after 6 p.m. Additional services: 10:30 a.m. Friday at Mililani Mortuary, Makai Chapel. Call after 8:30 a.m. Burial: 11 a.m. at Mililani Memorial Park.
Evaristo Castillo, 70, of Aiea, a retired U.S. Army first sergeant, died Jan. 5. He was born in Koloa, Kauai. He is survived by wife Kazuko; son Richard; daughters Carol Yoro, Helen Rivera, Kathleen Huck and Christine Castillo; sisters Sally Paet, Florence Belarmino and Pacita Ramirez; nine grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren. Services: 12:15 p.m. Thursday at Hawaiian Memorial Park Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Burial to follow at Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery. Casual attire.
Masaru "Mac" Ezawa, 87, of Waialua, a retired Waialua Sugar Co. employee, died Jan. 6. He was born in Waialua. He is survived by wife Chizue; sons Robert and Niles; daughters Arleen Okihiro, Ellen Takara, Iris Yonamine, Frances Tojo and Jenny Vierra; brother Henry; 18 grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren. Services: 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at Mililani Mortuary, mauka chapel. Call after 5:30 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.
James Kiyoto Kashiwamura, 65, of Kaneohe, a retired civil engineer, died Wednesday. He was born in Kahuku. He is survived by wife Florence, son J.R., daughters Tamra Nagata and Dena Gattis, brothers Ernest and Carl, sisters Judy Ishikawa and Rena Stant, and two grandchildren. Services: noon Thursday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 11 a.m. Casual attire. No flowers.
Florence Kuulei Kern, 82, of Waimanalo, died Thursday in Aloha Nursing and Rehabilitation Centre. She was born in Kapaa, Kauai. She is survived by husband Louis A. Sr., son Louis A. Jr. and brother Michael W. Apana. Services: 10:30 a.m. Saturday at St. George Catholic Church, Waimanalo. Call after 9:30 a.m. Inurnment: 9 a.m. Monday at Diamond Head Memorial Park.
Apolonio Labarinto Lazo, 95, of Waialua, a retired Waialua Sugar Co. employee, died Dec. 27. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by wife Florentino; son Pablo; daughters Pricilla Delo Santos, Margaret Yoneshige and Ann Siarot; 10 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Wednesday at Waialua United Church of Christ. Call after 6 p.m. Additonal services: 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Mililani Mortuary, mauka chapel. Call after 9:30 a.m. Burial: 11 a.m. at Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire. No flowers.
Guy Joseph "Bully" Martin, 49, of Kailua, a city and county automotive department employee at Kapaa Quarry, died Jan. 4. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Debra; sons Guy Jr. and Nathan "Keola"; brothers George "Didi," Gregory "Tony" and Issac; sisters Danette "Sweetheart" Galdeira, Deborah Paris, Darlene Johns and Drusilla Johansen; and one grandchild. Services: 10 a.m. Friday at Hawaiian Memorial Park Mortuary. Call after 8:30 a.m. Inurnment: 11 a.m. Friday at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Casual attire.
Florentino Delos Santos Membrere, 75, of Waipahu, died Tuesday in St. Francis Medical Center West. He was born in San Manuel, Pangasinan, Philippines. He is survived by wife Asuncion, sons Noel and Tino Jr., daughters Lorna Pascua and Susan B.M. Bumanglag, brothers Peter and Camilo, sisters Elisia Soriano and Leonida Membrere, and six grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Thursday at Nuuanu Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Additional services: 10 a.m. Friday at the mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Burial to follow at Valley of the Temples Memorial Park. Casual attire.
Elisa Nolasco Ordenante, 91, of Honolulu, died Jan. 3 at home. She was born in the Philippines. She is survived by children Juanita Ayag, Dion, Cris, Carmen Collado, Aurora Verceles, Luz Pesebre and Angelita Norris; 15 grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren. Services: 9:30 a.m. Thursday at St. Theresa Church. Call after 8:30 a.m. Burial to follow at Valley of the Temples Memorial Park.
Carlos R. Rol, 80, of Honolulu, a retired Leahi Hospital employee, died Jan. 7. He was born in Ilocos Sur, Magsingal, Philippines. He is survived by wife Francisca; children Gloria Bunao, Max Rol, Lordes L. Sakoda and William; brother Elias; sisters Simplicia Retuta and Sister Lourdes Rol; and nine grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Friday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Mass: 10:15 a.m. Saturday at Star of the Sea Church. Call after 9:15 a.m. Burial: noon Saturday at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Aloha attire.
Marjorie Tamae Takahashi, 85, of Hilo, a retired S.H. Kress Store sales clerk, died Friday in Hale Anuenue Restorative Care Center. She was born in Hilo. She is survived by son Charles T., brothers Thomas and Yuzuru Imanaka, sister Mildred Takata, one grandchild and three great-grandchildren. Services: 6 p.m. Friday at Dodo Mortuary Chapel. Call after 5 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.
Mitsuo "Mits" Terashima, 72, of Pearl City, a retired auto painter, died Dec. 30. He was born in Waialua. He is survived by sons Keith and Kyle, daughter Kathy Sagawa, brothers Hideharu and Charles, sister Susan Takamoto and two grandchildren. Services: 6 p.m. Thursday at Mililani Mortuary, mauka chapel. Call after 5:30 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.
Helen Takayo Tobita, 91, of Honolulu, former co-owner of Wahiawa Sporting Goods, died Jan. 6 at home. She was born in Waialua. She is survived by sons Raymond and George, sister Sakae Oka, three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Private services.
Isabel Ramos Torres, 77, of Ewa Beach, died Jan. 2 in St. Francis West Hospice. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by husband Manuel D. Sr.; sons Manuel Jr., Steven L. and Roland D.; brothers Frank and Richard Ramos; sisters Lillian Barclay, Eleanor Rezentes and Vivian Martin; eight grandchildren; and 18 great-grandchildren. Services: 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Nuuanu Mortuary. Call after 8 a.m. Burial: 1 p.m. at Valley of the Temples Memorial Park.
Gary Lee Witt, 48, of Kaneohe, a Honolulu Police Department sergeant and Hawaii Air National Guard chief master sergeant, died Jan. 4. He was born in Germany. He is survived by wife Chantelle, daughter Ma'rin, brother Marc, stepmother Lois and a stepbrother and stepsister. Services: 7 p.m. Thursday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 5:30 p.m. Call again on Friday from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. at the mortuary. Burial: 10 a.m. Friday at Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery. Casual attire.
Clarence Masaichi Yoshikawa, 81, of Honolulu, a retired Dole Cannery mechanic, died Friday in Hale Nani Rehabilitation and Nursing Facility. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Sarah; sons Donald, Alvin, Wayne, Glenn and Paul; brother Sam; sisters Muriel Nakahara and Clara Sato; eight grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Services: 8 p.m. Friday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 7 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.
See Way Young, 74, of Ewa Beach, a retired meat cutter at Safeway Beretania, died Jan. 2 in St. Francis Hospital. He was born in Canton, China. He is survived by son Alfredo Y.W., daughters Karen K.F. Young Yuen and Lorna K.M.Y. Rothstein, and two grandchildren. Taoist services: Friday from 9:30 a.m. at Borthwick Mortuary. Burial: noon at Manoa Cemetery.
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The index, which goes back several decades,
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